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" Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year... "
Essays - Page 86
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 371 pages
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Emerson: Political Writings

Kenneth S. Sacks - 2008 - 228 pages
...fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His notebooks impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insuranceoffice increases the number...
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Safire's Political Dictionary

William Safire - 2008 - 888 pages
...debilitating effect of civilization on man: "A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky." (For a parallel metaphor in Pilgrim's Progress, see MUCKRAKER.) Lord Bryce, in The American Commonwealth,...
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Adventures in Essay Reading: Essays for First-year Students Selected by the ...

University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 430 pages
...fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number...
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Simmonds Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany, Volume 8

Peter Lund Simmonds, William Henry Giles Kingston - 1846 - 540 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich Nautical Almanac he has, and so, being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows a little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books...
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